Willy Guhl Tilted Planter

A Willy Guhl planter in the tilted form, the lower half an upright cone and the upper half flaring into a wide sloped opening that faces forward. The outside carries a thick chalky white finish that is actively coming away. The peeling is heaviest across the pedestal and beneath the sloped basin, exposing the rough pale gray fiber cement, and the angled rim has lost almost all of its white, leaving a dark raw edge that traces the cut of the opening.

It measures 25 inches across and 18 inches high. It is an original mid-century Eternit piece from Switzerland. The flaking is the character of the piece; we have not sealed it, and it will go on settling slowly wherever it lives.

The slanted mouth shows cascading greenery or succulents at eye level, so the planting becomes the display. Set it on a low stone wall, in an open courtyard, or at the foot of a plain rendered elevation where the dark rim and the white body stand clear. It pairs with gravel, limestone and dark metal. This Willy Guhl planter is in our yard in Marina Del Rey; we are glad to show it, or to send photographs and a delivered price.